Altera SDC and TimeQuest API - Manual (Page 91)

Chapter 2: SDC and TimeQuest API Package and Commands 2–81
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get_cell_info
Usage
get_cell_info [-buried_nodes] [-buried_regs] [-in_pin_names] [-in_pins] [-location]
[-name] [-out_pin_names] [-out_pins] [-pin_names] [-pins] [-type] [-wysiwyg_type]
<cell_object>
Options
-buried_nodes: Return a collection of buried node IDs
-buried_regs: Return a collection of buried register IDs
-in_pin_names: Return a list of input pin names
-in_pins: Return a collection of input pin IDs
-location: Return the atom location in device
-name: Return the cell name
-out_pin_names: Return a list of output pin names
-out_pins: Return a collection of output pin IDs
-pin_names: Return a list of input and output pin names
-pins: Return a collection of input and output pin IDs
-type: Return the cell type
-wysiwyg_type: Return the WYSIWYG type of the cell
<cell_object>: Cell object
Description
Gets information about the specified cell (referenced by cell ID). You can obtain cell using the get_cells Tcl
command.
The "-type" option returns "cell".
Options "-name", "-type", "-pin_name", "-in_pin_names", "-out_pin_names", "-pins", "-clock_pins",
"-in_pins", "-out_pins", "-buried_nodes", "-buried_regs", "-location", and "-wysiwyg_type" are mutually
exclusive.
Example
project_open chiptrip
create_timing_netlist
set cells [get_cells]
foreach_in_collection cell $cells {
puts "[get_cell_info $cell -name]: [get_cell_info $cell -type]"
}
delete_timing_netlist
project_close